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HSBH3019 | Qualitative Research in Public Health

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Qualitative research methods in health (HSBH3019)

   

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In the assignment, we discuss five question on the topic of Qualitative Research Methods in Health, define social problems, Paradigm adopted, population & sample, ethical issues, and findings. Qualitative research is an inquiry process of understanding based on distinct methodological traditions of inquiry. explore a social or human problem.

HSBH3019 | Qualitative Research in Public Health

   

The University of Sydney

   

Qualitative research methods in health (HSBH3019)

   Added on 2020-03-04

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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN PUBLIC HEALTH1.Answer 1;Social problem. A social issue is any circumstance or mannerism harboring destructive consequences over a large number of individuals and which is in most cases identified as one that calls for immediate attention [1]. The article at this moment in question delves on the social problem of the motivation and decision-making that pushes study participants to the inclusion acceptance in the study. The research goes further to explore the records of exploitative research practices to the indigenous and non-indigenous study participants while participating in some research procedures which has posed a social problem facing past, current and prospective study participants. The research questions addressed by the study are: (a) Whether differences exist between responses of aboriginal andalien research participants, (b) What are the motivating factors to participate in anymedical research by both the indigenous and non-indigenous participants, and (c) Whether non-indigenous researchers face more challenges in the field than native researcher when performing study activities on indigenous research participants?The authors connected the research questions to the social problem by doing a secondary research on a previous interviewed research participants and assessed their promptness to their study activities, attitude, and mannerism towards the incorporated activities and researchers. The respondents were divided into two groups; indigenous and non-indigenous community members, with the researchers evaluating each study participator's responses. The driving force of the research was to investigate instances of subject exploitations and approaches likely to appear exploitative. The authors also targetted respondents who had participated ina study investigating on issues ranked as ‘sensitive,' thus their acceptance to participate involved stakes that were at least moderately high. The study concludes
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with a note that the needs of indigenous people should be prioritized thus making the study a community value-abiding one in its focus [2].2.Answer 2; Paradigm adopted.Research has been assigned the description of a systematic investigation(Burns, 1997) as cited by Mackenzie [3] with a research paradigm recorded as thehypothetical fabric, explicit from the theory, and one influencing knowledgeinterpretation and study [3]. The authors adopted the constructivist paradigm; onewhere qualitative methods are applied even though quantitative methods can beutilized incorporating interviews, observations and visual data analysis as datacollection tools [9]. The paradigm asserted that ‘The reasons and motivationbehind an individual response are dependent on whether he/she is an indigenousmember of the community or not.' They interrogated persons who had a priorparticipation in research while failing to disclose the identity of the participants totheir first researchers. The study interviewed 36 members from Victoria-Australiaon reasons for their involvement in the previous research where a representativesample from each group was absorbed. A physical interview was chiefly used onthe original participants with telephone interview incorporated depending on aparticipant’s availability for interview. The data collected delved on their opinionon; (a) the approach employed by the researchers towards them, (b) their attitude tothe study and (c) the motivation they expected from investigators. Though therespondents produced their independent responses, high response similarity wasrecorded in each group. The sample population selected responded to similar questions, except forindigenous participators who tackled further filter probing. The non-indigenouspopulation was noted to employ minimal attention to the ‘why factors,' unlike theirindigenous counterparts. Most non-indigenous participants consented inclusion
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with the intent of; “helping others, individual interests or possessing face valuetrust in the recruiting medical practitioners” [2]. The native participants consentedto the study inclusion after careful and insightful thought on the researchers'credibility and the importance of the research to the community. The constructivistparadigm achieved its’ purpose by collecting study participants’ individual opinionthat is independent of external influence.3.Answer 3; Population and the sampleA study population is a group of people from whom a researcher can legitimately assign the study's conclusions on [8] with the target population being the whole team under interest. Nevertheless, this population is not always accessible, and due to numerous practicalities (funding, time, ethics), the researcher is unable to reach every individual of interest thus a proportion (sample)of it is selected for a study. The study’s sample was selected from previous ‘sensitive’ perceived studies participants in Australia, who were contacted via letters and later interviewed with the consent of their respective researchers. The sample contained 36 members; 24 women and 11 men, of ages between 18 and 70 years. The sample comprised of 28 non-indigenous and eight indigenous participants. It’s worth noting the unfortunate situation of the study harboring only eight native participants despite the high effort put into recruitment. The authors speculated this was due to (a) indigenous people failure to identify the study’s incident vitality towards their society, (b) lack of trust in the institution carrying out the study; a research university, (c) feelings of involvement burnout and (d) individual and time commitments. The study gave the report dependent on the sample even though small. Conclusively, responses recorded high consistency, exhibiting the thoughtfulness and articulateness of the respondents. The participants agreed to participate in this research mainly because they considered the act beneficial to their community. The authors concluded that the responses
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